BEIRUT, January 27, 2026 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved yesterday US$350 million in new financing to help Lebanon meet the basic needs of the poor and vulnerable during its economic and financial recovery and improve the delivery of high-impact public services through digital transformation of the public sector. The ...
WASHINGTON, January 22, 2026—The World Bank Group’s Boards of Executive Directors today approved a financing package to increase the Kingdom of Bhutan’s hydropower generation, facilitate regional clean energy trade, expand economic opportunities, and create jobs.The 1,125 MW Dorjilung Hydroelectric Power Project, located on the Kurichhu River in ea...
WASHINGTON, DC, January 21, 2026 — East Asia and Pacific (EAP) is at a crossroads, as a surge of chronic, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) threatens to overwhelm health systems and stall income growth. A new World Bank report A Healthy Future: Primary Health Care and the Chronic Disease Epidemic in EAP reveals that urgent reforms in primary ...
The global economy demonstrated remarkable resilience in 2025 despite increased trade tensions and policy uncertainty. Activity was supported by a stockpiling of goods, strong risk appetite, and a surge in artificial intelligence (AI)-related investment. Global growth in 2025 capped a solid five-year recovery from the 2020 recession, but vulnerable emergin...
First, the good news: in the face of one shock after another, the global economy has proved to be surprisingly shock-proof since the COVID-19 pandemic.Despite steep tariff increases and historically high policy uncertainty during the last 12 months, global GDP growth in 2025 is set to come in at 2.7 percent—the pace that was predicted ...
The World Bank Group Sanctions System Data Companion provides information on individuals and entities sanctioned by the World Bank Group in Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) as well as select additional insights. It provides key data on the duration of proceedings and the range of cases reviewed and closed by the Office of Suspension and Debarment and the Sanctions ...
The global economy is facing another substantial headwind, emanating largely from an increase in trade tensions and heightened global policy uncertainty. For emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs), the ability to boost job creation and reduce extreme poverty has declined. Key downside risks include a further escalation of trade barriers and conti...
Yet one in four developing economies remains poorer than it was in 2019WASHINGTON, January 13, 2026—The global economy is proving more resilient than anticipated despite persistent trade tensions and policy uncertainty, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospect...
World Bank Group Institute for Economic Development AI tools presetation and demo. Photo: World Bank Development research turns into action when people, technology, and collaboration work together.Development economics knowledge is expanding fast - but much of it isn’t reaching the people who could use it most. Researchers struggle to amplify their i...
WASHINGTON, December 22, 2025 - The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a project aimed at strengthening Croatia’s disaster preparedness and institutional, physical, financial and social resilience. The €100 million Disaster Preparedness and Resilience Development Policy Loan with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Opti...
